old maid
noun
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Sense 1 noun
an elderly unmarried woman
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Sense 2 noun
any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
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Sense 3 noun
commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
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Sense 4 noun
the loser in a game of old maid
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Sense 5 noun
a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid')
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spinsterhood |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unmarried woman |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | genus Zinnia |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | flower |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | white zinnia |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | little golden zinnia |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Catharanthus |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | herb |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | loser |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | card game |